CCAC resources

• CCAC policy statement on: ethics of animal investigation
• Animal Care Committee Resources
• List of CCAC Guidelines
  See in particular:

  CCAC guidelines on: choosing an appropriate endpoint for experiments using animals for research, teaching and testing

  - This guidelines document includes a list of questions that ACC members can ask to ensure the implementation of humane endpoints.
• Questions to assess if your Three Rs search is complete

Other publications

• Animal Procedures Committee (2003) Review of cost-benefit assessment in the use of animals in research. Report of the Cost-Benefit Working Group of the Animal Procedures Committee. London UK: Home Office.
• Brown Committee (2013) Independent Investigation into Animal Research at Imperial College London.
• Hansen L.A. (2012) Institution animal care and use committees need greater ethical diversity. Journal of Medical Ethics 0 :1-3.
• National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) (2015) Institutional framework for the 3Rs
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (n.d.) Ethical Review.
• Schuppli C.A. (2011) Decisions about the use of animals in research: ethical reflection by animal ethics committee members. Anthrozoos 24(4):409-425.
• Schuppli C.A. and Fraser D. (2005) The interpretation and application of the Three Rs by animal ethics committee members. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA) 33(5):487-500.
• Schuppli C.A. and Fraser D. (2007) Factors influencing the effectiveness of research ethics committees. Journal of Medical Ethics 33(5):294-301.
  - This study of Canadian animal care committees examines how the effectiveness of a research ethics committee is influenced by committee composition and dynamics, recruitment of members, workload, participation level and member turnover, and suggests potential ways to improve the effectiveness of ACCs.
• Van Luijk J., Leenaars M., van Dongen A.M., van der Vaart L. and Ritskes-Hoitinga M. (2012) Outcomes of a Dutch workshop on improvements for the 3Rs in daily practice. ALTEX 29(4):440-443.